think piece
noun
,
Journalism.
1.
an article analyzing and giving the background of a news event, often with the author's opinions and forecast for the future.
Also called
dope story
.
Compare
editorial
,
news story
.
Origin
1940-45
Idioms and Phrases with
think piece
think piece
An article that presents news analysis, background material, and the author's opinions, as in
Her goal was to write think pieces but the editor kept assigning crime stories
.
[
c. 1940
]